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New York vs Germany Geography
Land area
- New York has a land area of 47,123 square miles (122,049 km²), while Germany has 134,623 square miles (348,672 km²).
- Germany's land area is 2.9 times (186%) larger than New York's.
Total area
- New York: 54,559 square miles (141,306 km²) vs Germany: 138,069 square miles (357,596 km²), including inland and coastal water.
- Germany's total area is 2.5 times (153%) larger than New York's.
Length
- New York is 312 miles (503 km) long from north to south; Germany is 531 miles (854 km).
- Germany's north-south length is 1.7 times (70%) longer than New York's.
Width
- New York spans 415 miles (668 km) east to west; Germany spans 397 miles (639 km).
- New York and Germany have about the same east-west width.
Highest point
- New York's highest point is Mount Marcy at 5,335 feet (1,626 m); Germany's is Zugspitze at 9,718 feet (2,962 m).
- Zugspitze is 4,383 feet higher than Mount Marcy.
Lowest point
- New York's lowest point is Atlantic Ocean at 0 feet; Germany's is Neuendorf-Sachsenbande at -13 feet.
- Germany's lowest point is 13 feet lower.
New York vs Germany Population and History
Population
- New York has a population of 19,867,248 (2024), while Germany has 83,467,117 (2025).
- Germany's population is 4.2 times (320%) larger than New York's.
Population density
- New York: 421.6 people per square mile vs Germany: 620.0.
- Germany's population density is 1.5 times (47%) higher than New York's.
Biggest city
- New York's biggest city is New York with 8,478,072 people; Germany's is Berlin with 3,878,100.
- New York's population is 2.2 times (119%) larger than Berlin's.
Largest metro area
- New York's largest metropolitan area is New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area (19,940,274 people) vs Germany's Berlin metropolitan region (6,200,000).
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area's population is 3.2 times (222%) larger than Berlin metropolitan region's.
History
- New York: Admitted to the Union on July 26, 1788, as the 11th state.
- Germany: Unified on January 18, 1871; the current Federal Republic dates from 1949, reunified in 1990.
- In its current form, New York is the older of the two by 83 years.
New York vs Germany Economy
GDP
- New York's GDP is $2,322.1 billion (2024) vs Germany's $5,050.9 billion.
- Germany's economic output is 2.2 times (118%) larger than New York's.
GDP per capita
- New York: $116,883 per person vs Germany: $60,496.
- New York's GDP per capita is 1.9 times (93%) higher than Germany's.
Average income
- New York: $85,552 vs Germany: $60,200 average income per person (per capita personal income).
- New York's average income is 1.4 times (42%) higher than Germany's.
Official Websites
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